Square Bottle with One Handle

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Square Bottle with One Handle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date2nd-3rd century CE

DimensionsH: 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm)

MediumGlass; mold-blown, tooled, applied handle.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.953

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent light olive brown (near 5 Y 5/6, but slightly more green). Sides flattened on marver. No pontil mark. Excess glass at tip of handle folded upward against neck and rim. Triangular rim, folded outward and upward/inward. Cylindrical neck with slight bulge above constriction at its base. Shoulder sloping to square body. Base flattened but uneven. Bifurcated handle from shoulder to below rim. Indistinct expanded mold-blown design of two vertical concentric ovals on each side. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, From 50 A/B.

Published ReferencesHaberey, Waldemar, "Der Werkstoff Glas im Altertum," Glastechenis Berichte, May 1958, no. 5, pp. 188-194, fig. 20 (ill), p. 191.